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gratify someone's desire — gratify someone’s desire/need/curiosity etc/formal phrase to give someone what they want, or to tell them what they want to hear Thesaurus: to provide something needed or missingsynonym Main entry: gratify … Useful english dictionary
gratify someone's curiosity — gratify someone’s desire/need/curiosity etc/formal phrase to give someone what they want, or to tell them what they want to hear Thesaurus: to provide something needed or missingsynonym Main entry: gratify … Useful english dictionary
gratify — UK [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ] / US [ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms gratify : present tense I/you/we/they gratify he/she/it gratifies present participle gratifying past tense gratified past participle gratified formal [usually passive] to make someone… … English dictionary
gratify — grat|i|fy [ grætı,faı ] verb transitive FORMAL usually passive to make someone feel pleased or satisfied: She was gratified to learn that her advice was of some use. gratify someone s desire/need/curiosity etc. FORMAL to give someone what they… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gratify — grat|i|fy [ˈgrætıfaı] v past tense and past participle gratified present participle gratifying third person singular gratifies [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: gratifier, from Latin gratificare to make yourself pleasing , from… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Placebo in history — is the account of the changing understanding of the phenomena of the placebo effect and term placebo . The word placebo, Latin for I shall please , dates back to a Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome.[1] It first started to be used in a… … Wikipedia
Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity … Wikipedia
Ages of consent in North America — The ages of consent for sexual activity vary by jurisdiction across North America. OverviewThe age of consent is the age at or above which a person is considered to have the legal capacity to consent to sexual activity. Both partners must be of… … Wikipedia
cater to — SATISFY, indulge, pander to, gratify, accommodate, minister to, give in to, fulfil. → cater * * * ˈcater to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cater to he/she/it caters to present participle catering to … Useful english dictionary
Two-factor theory — For Schachter s two factor theory of emotion, see Two factor theory of emotion. The (also known as Herzberg s motivation hygiene theory and Dual Factor Theory) states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction,… … Wikipedia
